The Missionary God and the Missionary Church | Romans 10:5–17
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Release Date: 05/13/2024
God's Family Tree | Romans 11:11-24
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: Main Idea: "God has always wanted a people to reveal his glory to and display his glory through. Three Parts of God's Plan “The restoration of Israel is an easier process than the call of the gentiles” - John Stott Two Ways to Respond One Hope for us All “One cannot help but wonder what the remarkable result would be if this mass of lay people could be spiritually released from their servitude in the American success system and reoriented to channel their...
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God is Winning | Romans 10:13-11:11
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: Even when it looks like unbelief is winning the day, God is at work saving a people for himself. “At the turn of the 20th century, Africa was home to less than 10 million Christians, fewer than any other region except Oceania. By 2000, the Christian population in Africa had exploded to more than 383 million. In 2020, more Christians lived in Africa than any other region of the world. By 2050, with a Christian population of more than 1.28 billion, more Christians will call Africa home than the next two most...
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The Missionary God and the Missionary Church | Romans 10:5–17
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: A Person is saved solely by faith in the crucified and risen Lord Jesus, apart from works. Apart from personal, conscious, saving faith in Jesus people will experience eternal judgment. Universalism “Hell is a dreadful reality. To speak of it lightly proves we do not grasp its horror. I know of no one who has overstated the terrors of hell. We can scarcely surpass the horrid images Jesus used. We are meant to shudder. Why? Because the infinite horrors of hell are intended by God to be a...
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The Shock of the Gospel and Human Responsibility | Romans 9:30—10:14
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: God did not promise salvation to every ethnic Israelite, but only to those he sovereignly chose to be recipients of his saving love (). Israel did not respond to Jesus in faith (). Because the Gospel is so shocking, many people are offended by it and stumble over it. Because the Gospel is so shocking, it takes a work of God to believe it. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them. — John Calvin
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God's Glory in Election | Romans 9:14-29
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: God’s ultimate aim in all that he does is the manifestation of and magnification of his glory. In Election, God Displays his perfections in the manifestation of his Mercy (9:15). “The stunning thing for Paul is not that God rejected Ishmael and Esau but that he chose Isaac and Jacob, for they did not deserve to be included in his merciful and gracious purposes. Human beings are apt to criticize God for excluding anyone, but this betrays a theology that views salvation as something God...
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Unconditional Election | Romans 9:1-16
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: 1. God did not promise salvation to every ethnic Israelite, but only to those he chose to be recipients of his saving love (). 2. Generally speaking, Israel did not respond to Jesus in faith (). 3. God faithfulness to Israel is seen in that there is a believing remnant (). 4. God’s faithfulness to his promise to Israel will one day be seen in greater measure when God saves Israel in great numbers (). The Doctrine of Election “3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,...
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Does God Keep His Promises? | Romans 9:1-13
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: Does Israel’s spiritual condition mean that God doesn’t keep his promises or that God can’t accomplish his purposes? Not every physical descendent of Israel truly belongs to Israel.
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Good Questions | Week 4: Why Do You Call Me Lord And Do Not Do What I Say? | Luke 6:46-49
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: “Our commitment to Jesus can stand on no other foundation than a recognition that he is the one who knows the truth about our lives and our universe…Could we seriously imagine that Jesus could be Lord if he were not smart? If he were divine, would he be dumb? Or uninformed? Once you stop to think about it, how could he be what we take him to be in all other respects and not be the best-informed and most intelligent person of all, the smartest person that ever lived? He is not just nice, he is brilliant…‘Jesus is Lord ’can mean little in...
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Good Questions | Easter | Week 3: Why Do You Seek The Living Among The Dead? | Luke 24:1-12
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: Jesus did rise from the dead and Christianity is true, and you must honestly face it. OR Jesus did not rise from the dead and Christianity is false, and you can completely forget it. Jesus did not die. (“Swoon Theory”) The disciples were deceived. The disciples were deceivers. You won’t find Jesus among the dead. You won’t find life away from Jesus.
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Good Questions | Week 2: Why Do You Spend Your Money On What Is Not Bread? | Isaiah 55:1-9
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: The greatest things we need are found in a relationship with God. “What causes us to be fickle is the realization that our present pleasures are false, while failing to realize that absent pleasures are also vain.” Blaise Pascal. The Greatest things we need are completely free. Anything that would lead you away from God, or rise above him, is an enemy to your joy. “...in the past couple of years, I have noticed a happiness pattern that relates to politics. Namely, the people most in...
info_outlineScripture: Romans 10:5–17
Key Takeaways:
A Person is saved solely by faith in the crucified and risen Lord Jesus, apart from works.
Apart from personal, conscious, saving faith in Jesus people will experience eternal judgment.
Universalism
“Hell is a dreadful reality. To speak of it lightly proves we do not grasp its horror. I know of no one who has overstated the terrors of hell. We can scarcely surpass the horrid images Jesus used. We are meant to shudder. Why? Because the infinite horrors of hell are intended by God to be a vivid demonstration of the infinite value of his glory which sinners have belittled…When people repeat the centuries old objection that an eternal punishment is disproportionate to a finite life of sinning, they disregard the essential thing…The essential thing is that degrees of blameworthiness come not from how long you offend dignity, but from how high the dignity is that you offend.” John Piper, Let the Nations be Glad.
Inclusivism
The task of every Christian is to get the Gospel to all peoples who have yet to hear it.
The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions, and the nearer we get to Him the more intensely missionary we must become. - Henry Martyn
If there be any one point in which the Christian church ought to keep its fervor at a white heat, it is concerning missions. If there be anything about which we cannot tolerate lukewarmness, it is in the matter of sending the gospel to a dying world. - Charles Spurgeon